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Truth

by Geoff Burgess

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1.
Wilderness 04:09
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Some time not so long ago I had this dream that I used to know A great white pine towers over me Its rings have turned to gold I wish we didn't have to grow so old, so old I wish we didn't have to grow so old, so old Tell me babe it's time to go Back to the only place I know Back to the only place I rest Back to the soul of the wilderness I crawl across this lake of mine I know its depths as it pushes mine A hundred years on the waters edge Rooting at the stain of the waterline Feel your way through the darkness to the fire's sign Feel your way through the darkness to the fire's sign Tell me babe it's time to go Back to the only place I know Back to the only place I rest Back to the soul of the wilderness I don't know, I don't know for sure I don't know, I don't know for sure Tell me babe it's time to go Back to the only place I know Back to the only place I rest Back to the soul of the wilderness
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Baking Bread 03:42
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Well it's sunny outside and it's hot walking over the sand I got love in the water and love in the palm of my hand I got the sound of your voice in my head In the oven there's baking bread I got love in the water and love in the palm of my hand Well the night's getting late but it's just gettin' started for me In the morning's gonna be a new leaf on the tree In the kitchen where we'll be fed There's an oven that's baking bread Well the night's gettin' late but it's just gettin' started for me Don't ever bring me down You're gonna bring me down again Don't ever make me cry You're gonna make me cry again Well it's sunny outside and it's hot walking over the sand I got love in the water and love in the palm of my hand I got the sound of your voice in my head In the oven there's baking bread I got love in the water and love in the palm of my hand
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What You Want Me To Be 05:33
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In the breeze of the underground parking garage I cool down In the soft hush of the concert crowd I hear you hesitate In the warm glow of the new moon I see you make your move In the rise and fall of an empire I feel it is too soon Baby what you want me to be? I'm a shooting star I'm a honey bee I'm the last leaf standing on the old oak tree Oh baby what you want me to be? There's a long list waiting at then end of the road if you get there Ain't it funny how you rest in the darkness of the restless waterway In the time that it takes for the words to fade you've said it all So the phone on the hook is still ringing from the day you made that call Baby what you want me to be? I'm a shooting star I'm a honey bee I'm the last leaf standing on the old oak tree Oh baby what you want me to be? Well out on the flats there's a cloud of stars hangin' over you So small in the world but so large a moment for a boy just waking up The words I never said hung around like vultures for the kill Then the bones were left so they flew away over valleys over hills Baby what you want me to be? I'm a shooting star I'm a honey bee I'm the last leaf standing on the old oak tree Oh baby what you want me to be?
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Falling Man 05:07
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Things move at the speed of light Never knowing when the time is right I love you more than you will know This is not an apology I try my best that's all I ask of me Sometimes my best has yet to show You keep picking me up I've been a falling man all my life You keep picking me up All this time You keep picking me up When we were walking just the other day The sky lit up it was a big display It's like that every time with you We've had it hard and we've struggled through But there's one thing that you always do One day this help will return You keep picking me up I've been a falling man all my life You keep picking me up All this time You keep picking me up
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In Case Blues 03:16
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This song is for you It won't cause you no harm I was thinking of you Hope you aren't alarmed This may be my last goodbye On this trip down the road of time It's not something I wish But you just never know When it will come When it's your time to go Going for this ride with you Never knowing when the time will end Babe you made every day Every hour every breath And i'm here beside you Till the moment of my death All the things that I've said All the colours of blue My life is complete And my heart beats for you This may be my last goodbye On this trip down the road of time Going for this ride with you Never knowing when the time will end
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This Is How 09:00
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I went out to the store I watched you lying there on the floor Just rolling all around I bought some beer You looked at me with a tear Getting my feet back on the ground It was there we parted ways And the words that I said to you Will come back to me someday This is how the trail leads This is how my fingers bleed This is how I feel my soul This is how I gain control This is how the world begins This is how you're welcomed in This is how, this is how This is how Sometimes when you're walking And you feel like you own the sidewalk It's all yours Other times you won't be seen in public You got the locks on every door What's the matter my old friend I can see you in the mirror Just don't turn away again This is how we pace our time This is how the world is mine This is how I know myself This is how the creatures tell This is how I build my crown This is how I can break it down This is how, this is how This is how There's religion over here There's a plot of land over there There's inequality We got racial subdivisions We got messed up superstitions Under one dream tree We have to promise that we'll try We have to hold each other to account For what we do and why This is how the world will end This is how it can return again This is how a loser wins This is how a sinner sins This is how the angels fly This is how the people cry This is how, this is how This is how You say I'm staying up too long My eyes are darkened shadows My health is dimming light You know you're right But maybe just another night Is all I'll need, all I'll need I was told you can't have it all Then the rain came down and the seed we planted Grew up oh so tall This is how I know I'm right This is how I see the light This is how I follow you This is how I pass on through This is how I played the game This is how I know I'll stay This is how, this is how This is how
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Lady I Know 04:06
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We went on a ride to the ocean We went on a ride to see Were we high on our emotions then It was not the place for me Sometimes when you're young you can't understand How fast you can afford to go You may find it gets a whole lot better when you're on the road Lady I know Lady I care Lady I know the way to get there Love is like the rain in scatters Love is hard for you to see You may know it's there from the patters on the roof That covers me Sometimes when you're young you can't understand How fast you can afford to go You may find it gets a whole lot better when you're on the road Lady I know Lady I care Lady I know the way to get there
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No More 04:16
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We went for a drive We went for a ride We waited in the parking lot next door We stayed up all night We were doing all right Now I won't be seeing you no more No more, no more I won't be seeing you no more Don't the times fly by Don't you wonder why I know I've felt this way before We've had some good times That I can use for rhymes But I won't be seeing you no more No more, no more I won't be seeing you no more Didn't we stop there Didn't you just cut your hair Didn't we just feel it to the core Didn't something change Did it all get rearranged Did we just wash up on the shore No more, no more I won't be seeing you no more
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Debts 06:12
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Peeling back the layers of time Like the skin of an onion so fine Snakes are creeping down the vine Looking for a break in the line And now I'm dancing on the water And feeling you reverberate And seeing debts I've never paid And hoping that it's not too late These shadows always intertwine They look like monsters next to mine Where the lake rolls into dirty pines I'll be out there searching for your sign And now I'm dancing on the water And feeling you reverberate And seeing debts I've never paid And hoping that it's not too late Once in my life I want to make it right Put all the past Behind me Once in my life My love will burn bright Locally all over you Locally all over you I found out you didn't mind You'd get me out of any bind We'd go for days not living life Fun times always have a dark side And now I'm dancing on the water And feeling you reverberate And seeing debts I've never paid And hoping that it's not too late
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Stalemate 03:30
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They waited for me Under the overhang Not knowing when I'd show Or where I was coming from Oh yeah oh yeah Where I was coming from oh yeah I let them wait Ready to give in But not ready to release My only control Oh yeah oh yeah My only control oh yeah We sat in a stalemate The end was clear But not yet in sight I fished long into the night I fished long into the night The cold grey day The chattering teeth The spiral of smoke The tug from beneath I gave what I had To the wind and the rain I crossed the line I crossed out my name Oh yeah oh yeah I crossed out my name oh yeah
11.
You Were Made For Me 04:48
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Ain't got no future, ain't got no past And the present baby, isn't made to last But you were made for me You were made for me x2 Got your leopard skin, and your lion eyes You're a wildcat baby, and it's no surprise But you were made for me You were made for me x2 I'm a full house baby, to your four of a kind You're the wild card honey, I ain't gonna lie But you were made for me You were made for me x2 Waking in the morning, on a lonely bed Racing to the finish line, like a thoroughbred But you were made for me You were made for me x2 When you say talk now, and I turn away It's the quiet baby, that'll make me stay But you were made for me You were made for me x2 You get in trouble, well it's no big deal But if it were me now, I'd be made a meal But you were made for me You were made for me x2
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No Worries 05:36
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This quiet house will come alive once more I basked in your great glow when I was twenty-four I wrote it down and bottled it up and cast it from the shore The way it is to feel like you've never felt before Worries, no worries Worries, no worries Someone's gonna tuck you in Someone's gonna tuck you in Walked in the card store on my coffee break Looked around for the perfect card Is this all that I can give? Is this all that I can give? Worries, no worries Worries, no worries Someone's gonna tuck you in Someone's gonna tuck you in You can struggle mightily for all your life Forced to walk against the constant wind of sadness Crossing bridges crumbling beneath your feet Talking down the adventurous dream of madness Oh oh Come down Worries, no worries Worries, no worries Someone's gonna tuck you in Someone's gonna tuck you in
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Rivers 05:38
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This feeling that I'm under There's just no hiding from this anymore Throw me an anchor See you on the ocean floor It seems we don't go away We are living for another day These songs in my brain Turning round and round below the curtain rain When it's all about money It's hard to make a good thing known When it's all about money It's hard to make a good thing grow It seems we don't go away We are living for another day These songs in my brain Turning round and round below the curtain rain The mighty Thames River and the tributaries of my life The French River rolls through the canyon where we float on by The Temagami River and the eddies into which we dive The Ottawa River running up and down my spine The St. Lawrence River mingling with the tide The ocean currents and the reason for the rain tonight It seems we don't go away We are living for another day These songs in my brain Turning round and round below the curtain rain
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Never Forget A Face 05:34
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You can meet a lot of people in your life You can go a lot of places and do just what you like You can run around in circles or go straight down the line You can run out of the road you're on You can run into people who've got their blinders on You can look into the future and put it all behind But you can never forget a face You can never forget a face Why don't you come around We can catch up if you want Or we can get all down It's time to open up The past is not lost It can be found This time I wanted to find out about you I looked into the sky and all I saw was blue There were no clouds floating there just the deep blue dream I waited till the sun went down I knew that I was living but I didn't hear a sound Imagining the lightness of just even being But you can never forget a face You can never forget a face Why don't you come around We can catch up if you want Or we can get all down It's time to open up The past is not lost It can be found This time

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released September 1, 2013

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Geoff Burgess Ottawa, Ontario

Geoff Burgess is a singer-songwriter in Ottawa, Ontario, who writes songs about love, loss, time, and the natural world.

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